| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Dec 2d 1863 |
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| Maj. F. W. Sims |
| Savannah, Ga. |
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| I have just learned that seven hundred
bales of cotton {approximately 18 carloads} are
detained at Charleston. No arrangements being made to ship to
Wilmington. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
| Sent by telegram |
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